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Netflix To Acquire Warner Brothers and HBO Max
« on: Today at 10:22:06 AM »
After an intense bidding war, Netflix has emerged victorious and will begin negotiating to buy Warner Bros.




Paramount's bid was lower and they wanted the whole company including the cable networks.  Netflix just wants the movie studio, HBO Max, and HBO.

Negotiations are still going on, but Netflix is the only company Warner Brothers is negotiating with.


What's you opinion of this?  I personally would have rather seen Paramount or Comcast get them. 


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Re: Netflix To Acquire Warner Brothers and HBO Max
« Reply #1 on: Today at 11:06:00 AM »
Netflix's monthly rates will definitely go up..

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Re: Netflix To Acquire Warner Brothers and HBO Max
« Reply #2 on: Today at 11:41:48 AM »
Netflix's monthly rates will definitely go up..


Yeah but if I can cancel HBO does it become a wash?

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Re: Netflix To Acquire Warner Brothers and HBO Max
« Reply #3 on: Today at 12:15:06 PM »

Yeah but if I can cancel HBO does it become a wash?

You're assuming they'll add HBO content to Netflix and not keep it as a separate service.


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Re: Netflix To Acquire Warner Brothers and HBO Max
« Reply #4 on: Today at 12:31:34 PM »
The stock market does not like these purchases by Netflix.

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Re: Netflix To Acquire Warner Brothers and HBO Max
« Reply #5 on: Today at 01:14:05 PM »
where the fuck does all this money come from?


Billions of pounds spent on shite
Harry Fucking Potter, so now Netflix have the rights... anyone who watches Harry Potter likely have all the films downloaded already

Netflix takeover Warner for billions


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Re: Netflix To Acquire Warner Brothers and HBO Max
« Reply #6 on: Today at 01:45:19 PM »
Why should I  care who acquires Warner brothers, as long as I still get my movies and shows.
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« Reply #8 on: Today at 02:12:35 PM »
Why should I  care who acquires Warner brothers, as long as I still get my movies and shows.

It actually can make a huge difference from a consumer stand point which company gets them. 

Each of the three companies would run Warner Brothers quite differently.  Even the bids were different.  Paramount wanted the whole company including the cable networks.  Netflix just wants the movie studio and streaming.  The outcome is quite different for consumers.  Sometime companies buy a competitor just to shut them down.

You like the Sopranos, what makes you think HBO will continue to make shows of that quality when owned by Netflix.  Netflix seems to be more concerned with quantity over quality.   


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Re: Netflix To Acquire Warner Brothers and HBO Max
« Reply #9 on: Today at 02:16:35 PM »
where the fuck does all this money come from?


Billions of pounds spent on shite
Harry Fucking Potter, so now Netflix have the rights... anyone who watches Harry Potter likely have all the films downloaded already

Netflix takeover Warner for billions


It's going to be one of the largest bond sales in history ($59 billion) and Netflix will have no trouble finding buyers.  Meta (Facebook) recently sold $30 billion in bonds and they sold out quickly.




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« Reply #10 on: Today at 02:18:51 PM »
2020 and 2021 the world was pretty much in lockdowns on and off for 2 years

Just Google movies and TV series made in these years, there are hundreds of thousands worldwide

TV didnt stop for covid

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« Reply #11 on: Today at 02:48:10 PM »
It actually can make a huge difference from a consumer stand point which company gets them. 

Each of the three companies would run Warner Brothers quite differently.  Even the bids were different.  Paramount wanted the whole company including the cable networks.  Netflix just wants the movie studio and streaming.  The outcome is quite different for consumers.  Sometime companies buy a competitor just to shut them down.

You like the Sopranos, what makes you think HBO will continue to make shows of that quality when owned by Netflix.  Netflix seems to be more concerned with quantity over quality.

I can always find something to watch. I won’t lose sleep over any of it. Don’t matter to me.
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« Reply #12 on: Today at 03:18:52 PM »
where the fuck does all this money come from?


Billions of pounds spent on shite
Harry Fucking Potter, so now Netflix have the rights... anyone who watches Harry Potter likely have all the films downloaded already

Netflix takeover Warner for billions


HBO are already working on a new Harry Potter series which will cover everything in the books. So Netflix will probably get this.

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« Reply #13 on: Today at 04:09:17 PM »
Paramount is now reportedly looking to launch a hostile bid for Warner Bros

They feel their $30 a share all-cash offer is higher than what Netflix offered — in terms of cash, stock and the value of the cable business spinoff

https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1997032362425925786


I would prefer the end up with Paramount

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« Reply #14 on: Today at 04:10:26 PM »
I can always find something to watch. I won’t lose sleep over any of it. Don’t matter to me.

I won't lose sleep over it either.

The history of the studios interests me.  Movies have always been an important art form in the American culture.  If a studio is bought by the wrong owner they can easily be destroyed.

Take the defunct studio RKO Pictures, which made Citizen Kane and It's a wonderful life.  RKO also showed all the Disney animated movies like Snow White and Pinocchio.  They were innovative and broke new ground.  Then, they were bought by the wrong owners and driven into the ground.  First by Howard Hughes and later the General Tire and Rubber Company.  Under different ownership could still be around and doing well.

I just wouldn't want to see Warner Brothers see the same fate as RKO.  There's really nothing left of RKO, but they were once part of the big five.  They were bigger than Columbia Pictures, Universal, and United Artists (the little three).  Which are all three still in existence.  Columbia is owned by Sony, Comcast owns Universal, and United Artists is owned by Amazon. 

There's something else you need to notice.  All the movies studios are now owned by large tech companies. 

Amazon owns MGM and United Artists

Netflix owns Warner Brothers

Oracle owns Paramount  (I say Oracle because it's David Ellison son of Larry Ellison)

Sony owns Columbia Pictures

Comcast owns Universal

Apple

Disney owns Twentieth Century  (Technical from an animation stand point - Pixar.)


You have people with a technical mindset running an artistic business.  I see culture problems down the road.  Imagine Microsoft buying Warner Brothers, that would be a recipe for disaster. 







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« Reply #15 on: Today at 05:05:20 PM »
I won't lose sleep over it either.

The history of the studios interests me.  Movies have always been an important art form in the American culture.  If a studio is bought by the wrong owner they can easily be destroyed.

Take the defunct studio RKO Pictures, which made Citizen Kane and It's a wonderful life.  RKO also showed all the Disney animated movies like Snow White and Pinocchio.  They were innovative and broke new ground.  Then, they were bought by the wrong owners and driven into the ground.  First by Howard Hughes and later the General Tire and Rubber Company.  Under different ownership could still be around and doing well.

I just wouldn't want to see Warner Brothers see the same fate as RKO.  There's really nothing left of RKO, but they were once part of the big five.  They were bigger than Columbia Pictures, Universal, and United Artists (the little three).  Which are all three still in existence.  Columbia is owned by Sony, Comcast owns Universal, and United Artists is owned by Amazon. 

There's something else you need to notice.  All the movies studios are now owned by large tech companies. 

Amazon owns MGM and United Artists

Netflix owns Warner Brothers

Oracle owns Paramount  (I say Oracle because it's David Ellison son of Larry Ellison)

Sony owns Columbia Pictures

Comcast owns Universal

Apple

Disney owns Twentieth Century  (Technical from an animation stand point - Pixar.)


You have people with a technical mindset running an artistic business.  I see culture problems down the road.  Imagine Microsoft buying Warner Brothers, that would be a recipe for disaster.

RKO also did King Kong. Not sure why I wanted to interject but it was my favorite movie as a kid.

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« Reply #16 on: Today at 05:37:57 PM »
RKO also did King Kong. Not sure why I wanted to interject but it was my favorite movie as a kid.

Good point.

They also went to New York and recruited talent from Broadway.  Katherine Hepburn was recruited from Broadway.  They also gave Lucille Ball her first break. 

They started much later than the other studios and were an underdog.  They took risks on movies like King Kong and Citizen Kane that other studios wouldn't consider.  Orson Wells was a young unknown when he was given the opportunity to direct Citizen Kane.  No other studio would have given him the chance.


 

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Re: Netflix To Acquire Warner Brothers and HBO Max
« Reply #17 on: Today at 05:49:08 PM »


I would prefer the end up with Paramount

I do to from an artistic prospective. Paramount has a harder edge to it, and historically is a better fit. Netflix is softer, a bit more dumbed down, and PC.